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This certificate explores the<strong>History of the Church<\/strong> from Antiquity to the contemporary era, intersecting patristics, theology, social history, and religious cultures of Africa, Europe, and Asia. It responds to the <strong>African renewal of religious sciences<\/strong> (faculties, research centers, think tanks) and the training needs of teachers, chaplains, journalists, and public agents. The methodological rigor, source criticism, and contextualization of Christian traditions are central, in a spirit of <strong>confessional neutrality<\/strong>, interreligious dialogue and prevention of extremism. The goal is to equip learners with robust tools to analyze doctrines, institutions, liturgies, controversies, and global transformations of Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>The UNIVGA method relies on a system <strong>100% online, asynchronous<\/strong> (5\u20138h\/week) articulating critical readings of primary sources (Scripture, Greek and Latin Fathers, conciliar acts), exercises of<strong>exegesis<\/strong>, university dissertations, and supervised mini-research theses. The courses strictly align with the standards <strong>EPHE \u2014 Strasbourg \u2014 Louvain \u2014 Cambridge History of Christianity<\/strong>, and draw inspiration from the proven methods of prestigious schools (Sorbonne, EPHE, ICP, Strasbourg, Yale Divinity, T\u00fcbingen). The following are mobilized: comparative historiography, basic paleography, digital tools (Zotero, Tropy), prosopography, historical mapping, and analysis of controversies. The approach promotes immediate transferability to the<strong>higher education<\/strong>, academic research, and expertise for religious institutions and administrations, with case studies from Africa (missions, independent churches, Pentecostalism, Eastern Orthodoxies in Africa, postcolonial Catholicism).<\/p>\n<p>The certificate offers a concrete professional impact: strengthening portfolios for positions of<strong>theology faculty teacher<\/strong>, researcher in religious sciences, institutional chaplain, trainer in interreligious dialogue, journalist specializing in religion and geopolitics, or expert for religious administration. The skills acquired also facilitate the translation and scholarly editing of ancient texts, management of religious archives, and conducting ecumenical projects. The <strong>Professional Certificate UNIVGA<\/strong> is valuable to universities, seminaries, Catholic and Protestant institutes, faith-based NGOs, specialized media, and public services regarding religion in CEMAC and Francophone Africa. It attests to an advanced methodological mastery, immediately applicable for analysis, training, and decision-making in a pluralistic context.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parcours rigoureux et neutre en Histoire de l&rsquo;\u00c9glise, de l&rsquo;Antiquit\u00e9 \u00e0 aujourd&rsquo;hui, adoss\u00e9 aux standards EPHE \u2014 Strasbourg \u2014 Louvain \u2014 Cambridge History of Christianity. 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